EXERCISE 1 EXERCISE 3

Find the mistakes in these sentences and correct them.
The Harry Potter books were writing by
J.K. Rowling.
The Harry Potter books were written by J.K. Rowling.
1 When was you born?
Write passive sentences about the pictures using the
words given to describe the process of producing coffee.
coffee beans/pick/plantations
Coffee beans are picked
on plantations.

2 The job was finish on time. sacks of coffee/weigh/load/trucks

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3 The warehouse is now uses as apartments.

4 Golf is play all over the world.

beans/dry/sun
5 Millions of cars are be manufactured in 2
the U.S.A.

6 The thief was catched by the police.

beans/sort/into sizes
7 In the U.K., people are usually paying at the 3
end of the month.

EXERCISE 2
Rewrite these sentences using a passive structure. bags/load/onto/s hips
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A thief stole the money from her handbag.
The money was stolen from her handbag.
1 Somebody has robbed the bank and stolen
$1,000,000.
beans/roast
2 A mechanic repaired my car last week. 5
3 The painters are painting my house right now.
4 I think the author wrote the book in 1987.
5 They make this chocolate in Switzerland.
6 My mother gave birth to me in 1975. beans/grind
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7 They foun d the missing painting yesterday in
a store in Paris.
8 Very few people make furniture by hand
anymore.
coffee/make/d rink/cafés
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